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Jul 21
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Robert Counts

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In This Episode:

  • What Living in Franklin, Tennessee is Like
  • Robert Talks About His First Songwriting Experience
  • Why Kids Are Like Baby Trees
  • Robert Discusses His Single “Backseat Driver”
  • The Difference Between a Sellable Hit and a Self Indulgent Love As a Songwriter
  • Why Robert Thinks His Singing Voice Is So Different From His Talking Voice
  • Why Robert Doesn’t Really Write Solo In Nashville

Quotations:

“Nashville, especially Country music, it’s not a talent competition.” – Robert Counts

“I told Sony I wanted to run with it as my first single and they just didn’t feel like it would translate.” – Robert Counts

“It was good for me to be a little bit sheltered.” – Robert Counts

“Everybody loves talking about their Crossfit career.” – Robert Counts

“I think it’s shocking people all the time and I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.” – Robert Counts

“You’re never gonna out write the town.” – Robert Counts

Guest’s Bio:

When Robert Counts released his self-titled, debut EP in October 2019, he was marking the end of a decade filled with career changes, life adjustments, and personal growth. Experiences like those helped inspire the five-track project and continue to guide Counts’ masterful songwriting into new creative territories. With his latest release, “What Do I Know,” Counts goes deeper than he has before, tapping into his working-class roots to deliver a rock-forward anthem purveying the values of hard work and simple living. The tune, which he co-wrote with Jake Mitchell and HARDY, marks a stylistic pivot from the smooth grooves and lighter volumes of Robert Counts, raising the energy level while maintaining the thoughtful lyric-writing of his debut.“

I wanted to explore a little different side of what I do,” Counts says of his newer music. “With ‘What Do I Know,’ I also wanted to shine a light on the sort of people I grew up around. They build something for themselves … they find success by working hard and showing up every day. ”

Counts grew up in rural Franklin, Tennessee, just 20 miles south of Nashville. He started playing guitar and singing at his church, where he led worship throughout his teens, but it wasn’t until after he graduated from Lee University with a degree in Biochemistry that he committed to a career in music.

After winning a songwriter’s round at Puckett’s Grocery & Restaurant in Downtown Franklin, he earned a cash price and the attention of an industry publisher who offered him his first songwriting agreement. From there, he went on to write professionally on Music Row, eventually inking a management deal with famed writer-producer Jimmy Ritchey who encouraged him to pursue a career as a performer.“

He was the one who planted that seed in my head,” Counts says of shifting from songwriting to performing. “I hadn’t even thought about it, but that’s where it happened. Long story short, we wrote some songs together, and he introduced me to people at the label.” Through Ritchey, Counts landed a meeting with Sony Music Nashville’s A&R team. After an in-office performance, he received a record deal offer on the spot. Today, the artist continues to prolifically craft new tunes, pulling fresh inspiration from his life experiences in the tradition of true country music storytelling.

Guest’s Contact Info:

https://www.robertcountsmusic.com/

Twitter Username
@robertcounts

Instagram username
@robertcountsmusic

Jul 14
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Becky Robinson

By Comedian, Uncategorized No Comments

In This Episode:

  • Becky is Participating in School of THOT (That Hoe Over There)
  • What Being Back in a Movie Theater Was Like
  • Stripper Comedians and How Becky Deals With Bombing On Stage and Mean Comments
  • Why the USGA Was Mad At Becky
  • Becky Updates Everyone On the Situation With Her Dad 
  • Quarantine and Cutting Hair

Quotations:

“So I get an email from the USGA, like, President and the subject line is, ‘We’ve got a fairly serious issue here.” – Becky Robinson

“I should have never talked about my hemorrhoids on stage.” – Becky Robinson

“Good luck with your sniffles, sniffle dick.” – Becky Robinson

“I was standing against a fence and a goat actually thought my hair was hay and bit my head and I was banging up against the fence.” – Becky Robinson
“You don’t call another adult and demand things that have nothing to do with you.” – Becky Robinson

Guest’s Bio:

Comedian, writer, actor, and voice-over star Becky Robinson is one of the youngest headliners on the comedy circuit today. Robinson is best known for her wide range of physical characters on-stage and screen with viral videos including her most popular character “Entitled Housewife.”

In 2018, Robinson was named a “New Face of Comedy” at the prestigious JFL Montreal where her stand-out performance landed her a sketch show development deal and a number of voiceover jobs with DreamWorks and Netflix to name a few. She will also be voicing the character “Jenny Droneberg” on Doug Unplugged premiering on AppleTV on November 13th. In 2016, Becky was cast on MTV’s Wild ’N Out with Nick Cannon where she also put out a Wild ’N Out Stand Up Special. Her many alter egos have been featured on E! Funny Dance Show, Hulu’s Coming to the Stage, MTV’s Acting Out, ABC’s The Bachelor, and Kevin Hart’s sketch series Writer’s Room. Becky has written for Comedy Central’s Not Safe, Snoop Dogg’s Joker’s Wild, and FunnyOrDie.

Today, Robinson is currently touring her latest live show creation, Snow Circus. Snow Circus packs heart, punchlines, characters, and improv into her electric energy on-stage during her one-woman show. Her mix of stand-up and characters leave audiences wanting more with one of the most uniquely entertaining shows of the year.

Guest’s Contact Info:

www.EntitledHouseWife.com

Jun 30
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Carol Wyllie

By Author, Personal Growth, Uncategorized No Comments

In This Episode:

  • Carol Discusses the Process of Writing Her Book “Chemo P!ssed Me Off”
  • How Having Cancer Changed Carol and What Chemotherapy and Radiation Was Like
  • Gary Shares About The Only Thing He Still Has From His Parents
  • Other Potential Cancer Treatment Options and Why Hospitals Aren’t Using Them
  • Discussions on Why Someone Can Never Judge You Into a Perfect Life

Quotations:

“I believe that there is a big money factor involved that makes the powers that be not want to offer these other treatments, they are making a killing on these toxic treatments.” – Carol Wyllie

“Having children completely humbled me, because I realized that these little sponges were gonna absorb anything that I was spilling–good or bad.” – Carol Wyllie

“He makes a lot of jokes, inappropriately most of the time.” – Carol Wyllie

“They have these treats laid out for you and then they’re just chatting you up like you guys are old friends and then she puts on all of her hazmat gear to come to inject you with something so deadly that she needs to look like she’s in a biohazard spill somewhere to treat you with it. It’s alarming.” – Carol Wyllie

“People can judge all they want, but they’re never going to judge and browbeat anyone into living a perfect life.” – Carol Wyllie

Guest’s Bio:

Carol Wyllie lives with her husband on an olive orchard in rural Northern California. She has been a writer all her life. With her two daughters off to college, she plans to jump into writing full-time in her empty nest years. Chemo Pissed Me Off is her first published work. While it’s not the book she thought she’d write, it became the book she needed to write.

Guest’s Contact Info:

https://www.subscribepage.com/wylliegirl

Twitter Username
@wylliegirl

Instagram Username
@thewylliegirl

Jun 23
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Dave Steele

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Quotations:

“It was truly by accident that I got to do voice overs.”- Dave Steele

“You have to define yourself in a new way to become different.” – Dave Steele

“I pulled off a real snotty dad moment.” – Dave Steele

“Lee Brice sits in this preschool entertaining kids, moms, and dads for the better part of four hours at the behest of my daughter.” – Dave Steele

“My entire goal is when I have grandkids is to go over to my kid’s house, open their doors, turn on the heater, turn on all the lights, run the water on all the faucets, flush the toilets fifteen times, and run through the house with toilet paper…and leave.” – Dave Steele

“There was a leak, something ignited, and the house literally popped off the foundation and slid about 4 feet.” – Dave Steele

Guest’s Bio:

He grew up in Colorado and got into the radio industry in 1985. He managed to run through Radio in many states and then progressed to voiceovers.

Guest’s Contact Info:

http://www.steeleimaging.com/

Twitter & Instagram Usernames
@Steeleimaging